[Gllug] suse 12.1 not connect online

[Diana Scott]

i log in as root 
Both cat/var/log/syslog and cat/var/messages said no such file or directory 

Please advise . 

Diana 

> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:51:39 +0100
> From: dimitris at siganos.org
> To: gllug at gllug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] suse 12.1 not connect online
> 
> On 22/04/12 11:28, Diana Scott wrote:
> > after i typed in tail -f /var/log/syslog
> > Standard input and pause , nothing else
> > Same result with tail -f /var/log/messages
> > Nothing comes out after standard input  .  
> > 
> > Please advise
> 
> Hi Diana,
> 
> It is unlikely that the syslog is going anywhere else (although not
> impossible). Personally, I have always seen it go to either
> /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog.
> 
> Lets try this to confirm the location of the your syslog file:
> 
> Make sure you are root. 'whoami' must say: root
> 
> cat /var/log/syslog
> cat /var/log/messages
> 
> Dimitris
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